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Just a lil bit harder, but I reached my goal regardless. Just wish I would have insisted on staying as a guard.
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Originally Posted by AntonLaVey
I kinda knew exactly what I wanted to do since I was young so my goals of being an athlete always took a back seat especially after high school
If you quit because you got benched, you have no one to blame but yourself. This is not "drive." Drive is pushing through it anyways, putting your pride on low, and finding a new role to help the team.Originally Posted by Brolic Scholar
I was a "blue chip" full back that ran that squatted 440 in highschool, ran a 4.5 and should have been playing running back, but there were dudes smaller than me who ran just a hair faster but could not roll over people like I did.
I weighed 188 going into my senior year and also held the district record for the 110 meter hurdles. I was athletic as !+*$ could do a full back flip with all my pads on, had girls on my **** and scouts from big name Division I schools sending me letters and calling me at home.
I was a beast in the weight room and live breathed and slept football...
All until my senior year. I told my coach about an opportunity for me during summer and asked him if he'd allow me to miss that years camp (I had attended/played Varsity since I was a freshman) and coach said "ok". When I returned dude had a chip on his shoulder and benched me the first three games of the season and told the local reporter that it was for a discipline problem. By this time, the calls started dropping off and I was so depressed that I lost all my drive. Dude took the wind out of my sail. During my third benched game after an 800 plus season as a junior fullback, I took off my pads and headed to the locker room.
Dude finally broke me.
After that I started getting calls from lower level schools and just lost all interest.
I ended up going to LSU in 96 and lived in the athletic dorm soon after. At the time, I knew Ryan Clark (Steelers) and saw a bunch of future NFL stars all the time. I never even thought to walk on because I thought it was beneath me.
I had all the drive and let a racist +*% pedo !+*$ up my career.
If I had to do it over, I would've transferred early in my high school career and I would be in the league. No doubt in my mind.
I'm happy though, but sometimes I think about what I threw away.
Originally Posted by donttalkitlivit
Originally Posted by TennHouse2
Yea i wish i could go back to middle school and start over from there
Would never had made the pro's, but I could have gotten a scholarship for college
Originally Posted by superbowlhomeboy217
If you quit because you got benched, you have no one to blame but yourself. This is not "drive." Drive is pushing through it anyways, putting your pride on low, and finding a new role to help the team.